NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old woman allegedly tried to kill two of her children and then died by suicide at her residence in Ghitorni village on Thursday night. While the woman was declared brought dead, the children are critical and undergoing treatment.
The woman is the wife of a Delhi Police constable who was in Rajasthan at the time of the incident. The couple had a strained relationship and the woman’s family has alleged harassment by the constable. Prima facie, it seems the children aged three months and three years were fed phenyl and she hung herself after drinking phenyl as well, police said. No suicide note has been recovered from the house.
The incident came to fore when two calls were received at Vasant Kunj south police station around 8 pm from constable Sushil, posted at Vasant Vihar police station, reporting that his wife had latched the door of his room with his two sons and was not responding.
On this, teams from both Vasant Kunj south and Vasant Vihar police stations rushed to Sushil’s house in Ghitorni. “The cops found that the house was latched from inside. They broke open the door and found the constable’s wife hanging from the ceiling fan. The couple’s two sons aged three years and three months were also found lying unconscious in the bathroom.
All of them were rushed to hospital where the woman was declared brought dead while her two children were admitted for treatment,” said Ingit Pratap Singh, DCP, South-West.
The officer said that while the condition of the elder son was stable, the younger son was still critical. “The woman’s body has been sent for postmortem. A forensics and crime team was also called on the spot for a detailed inspection,” the officer said.
Police said Sushil got married in 2014, which is less than seven years, and therefore, the sub-divisional magistrate concerned was informed about the incident. The brother and father of the woman were also informed about the incident and they had reached the hospital. The family of the woman alleged that the constable would harass her and even raised dowry demands. It has also given a statement to the SDM.
“It is being checked if the woman left any suicide note. Her family members and relatives are being questioned to know what could be possible reasons behind her taking such a drastic step. The matter is being probed from all possible angles. Legal action will be taken in the matter depending upon the complaint received from either side of the family,” the DCP said.